Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Clamber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap
together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern.
Cf. {Clamp}, {Climb}.]
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also
used figuratively.
The narrow street that clambered toward the mill.
--Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clamber \Clam"ber\, n.
The act of clambering. --T. Moore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. t.
To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Clambering the walls to eye him. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clamber
n : an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber"
v : climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {scramble}, {shin},
{shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}, {sputter}]
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